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BALTIMORE
CITY GRAND JURY RETURNS AN INDICTMENT CHARGING POLICE OFFICER BRENT ALLEN GATES
WITH FELONY THEFT AND MISCONDUCT IN OFFICE
Baltimore, MD -- July 28, 2004
-- State’s Attorney Patricia C. Jessamy announced today that the Baltimore
City Grand Jury returned an indictment charging Baltimore City police officer
Brent Allen Gates, 30, of Essex, Maryland, with one count of felony theft and
one count of Misconduct in Office.
If convicted of felony theft
Gates could receive a maximum sentence of 15 years and a $25,000.00 fine or
both. Misconduct in Office is a
common law offense, which means, if convicted of that count, Gates could be
sentenced to whatever period of incarceration a judge deems fair and reasonable.
The indictment stems from a complaint made by Tony Julius Robinson, Jr. of Baltimore City on June 2, 2004 alleging that Gates failed to return $1,400.00 that was seized during the course of a routine traffic stop in the 2300 block of Ashland Avenue in Baltimore City.
Gates is
currently suspended with pay. He
will be arraigned on October 18, 2004 before Judge John Glynn, 236 Clarence M.
Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse, 110 N. Calvert Street. Assistant State’s
Attorney A. Thomas Krehely, Jr., Chief of the Police Misconduct Division, will
prosecute this case.
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